powerboatr
living well in Texas
we visited a nuclear museum here in alberquerque today and this puppy from days gone by was parked out back 
Question hey TG is this your old plane
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sagebel
Stock? Pfft!
Did you go to the one on Kirtland AFB?
powerboatr
living well in Texas
yep they moved it off base after 9/11, its nice but needs tour guides, so much to see and read about
8 yr old grand daughter learned a bunch about NUUK LEAR (gw bush) stuff
with her being a genius its a challenge to challenge her
Tail_Gunner
CRJ & ERJ A&P Mech.
Nope, not "mine".
That looks to me to be a D or E model. The gunner rode in the tail in those older versions of the BUFF. All my flying time was in the G and H models where I rode up front with the rest of the crew. There wasn't any particular airplane that was "mine" whilest I was a gunner. We flew whatever tail number we were scheduled to fly. The BUFF at Grand Forks is one I flew several times.
If there ever was an airplane that was "mine", it would have been 61-040 or 1040 for short. It was a H model B-52, and just happens to be the very last B-52 ever made. I had my name on the side of it when I was the assistant crew chief on that aircraft. I "crewed" that plane for a year prior to tail gunner school.
Sorry for the delayed reply. Mrs TG and I drove down to meet up with our daughter's ex-boyfriend and pickup our grandson. He'll be with us until after Christmas. I'm sure you'll understand Robert.
He's only 21 months old and already he's watching football with grandpa.
When the Packers game comes on, we're gonna have some popcorn and watch the game in grandpa's big chair.
on edit: I'm gonna put one of them turbo's on my truck.
(It's not really a turbocharger, I know what it is, but I wanted y'all to think about for a minute.
)
That looks to me to be a D or E model. The gunner rode in the tail in those older versions of the BUFF. All my flying time was in the G and H models where I rode up front with the rest of the crew. There wasn't any particular airplane that was "mine" whilest I was a gunner. We flew whatever tail number we were scheduled to fly. The BUFF at Grand Forks is one I flew several times.
If there ever was an airplane that was "mine", it would have been 61-040 or 1040 for short. It was a H model B-52, and just happens to be the very last B-52 ever made. I had my name on the side of it when I was the assistant crew chief on that aircraft. I "crewed" that plane for a year prior to tail gunner school.
Sorry for the delayed reply. Mrs TG and I drove down to meet up with our daughter's ex-boyfriend and pickup our grandson. He'll be with us until after Christmas. I'm sure you'll understand Robert.
He's only 21 months old and already he's watching football with grandpa.
When the Packers game comes on, we're gonna have some popcorn and watch the game in grandpa's big chair. on edit: I'm gonna put one of them turbo's on my truck.
(It's not really a turbocharger, I know what it is, but I wanted y'all to think about for a minute.
)
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DaveBen
SDD Senior Member
Looks like an old APU to me...
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sagebel
Stock? Pfft!
yep they moved it off base after 9/11, its nice but needs tour guides, so much to see and read about
8 yr old grand daughter learned a bunch about NUUK LEAR (gw bush) stuff
with her being a genius its a challenge to challenge her
I didn't know there was one off base. There still is one on base but you need a clearance to visit. I would love to take my kids, they always ask what I do at work.
Tail_Gunner
CRJ & ERJ A&P Mech.
powerboatr
living well in Texas
environemental control pack???
heat and cold
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heat and cold
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